Pulmonary Function Testing

Twenty years of clinical research, all points to the same thing: Loss of breathing power spells bad news for your strength, your heart, your health, and your brain! By the time you’re 50, you’ve lost 40% of your breathing capacity! (Marek, Marek et al. 2011)

In 1988, the European Society of Cardiology reported that even a moderate decline of lung volume increases your risk of heart disease by 200 percent. This is true even for those who have no family history of heart disease. (Cook and Shaper 1988)

In Denmark, the Copenhagen City Heart Study found that a loss of lung volume raises the risk of first-time stroke by over 30 percent boosts the risk of fatal stroke by 200 percent. (Truelsen, Prescott et al. 2001)

Data drawn from the Whitehall II study found lung function is a good ‘summary’ measure of overall functioning in early old age. (Singh-Manoux, Dugravot et al. 2011)

In general, for every 10% decrease in FEV1, all-cause mortality increases by 14%, cardiovascular mortality increases by 28%, and nonfatal coronary event increases by almost 20%. (Sin and Man 2005)

Both the Normative Aging and Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults (CARDIA) studies found an association between higher hostility and reduced lung function. Higher hostility was also found to be associated with a more rapid decline in pulmonary function. (Kubzansky, Sparrow et al. 2006) (Jackson, Kubzansky et al. 2007)

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